Carrier for card-match machines



I. P. AND C. F. WRIGHT. CARRIER FOR CARD MATCH MACHINES.

APPLlcATloN FILED APR. 9. 192|. 51,400,338.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

CMM/950% UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB P. WRIGHT, OF BAR-BERTON, ANI) CriiItLES TLTRIGHT, OIF AKRON, OHIO,

ASSIGNORS TO THE DIAIOND MATCH COIVI?ANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COR- PORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

CARRIER FOR CARD-MATCH MACHINES.

Application fried Api-n e,

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that we, flacos l). llfnierrr and @Hannes F. lilnrcirr, citizens ot the United States, and residents. respectively, of Barberton and'Akron, both in the county of Summit and State ot Ohio', have invented certain new and uselul improvements in Carriers for Card-Match Machines, of which the following is a specification.

r1`his invention relates to carriers tor machines for making` card-matches, such, for example, as illustrated in Letters Patent oi the United States No. 636,170, dated October 31, 1899.

The object ot' our invention is to provide a card-match carrier whereof the individual link members possess great strength and relative lightness; whereby the rigidity and parallelism of the card-clamping devices ot adjoining links is preserved, and whereby provision is had for the accurate setting ot the leading end of the match stock in the carrier, all as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a back view orn a match-card carrier link embodying1 my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the linlngon the line 3 3 ot Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section, enlarged, on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, showing adjoining ends or" adjacent links.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates one ot the link or plate members of an endless carrier for holding the marginal portions ot match cards and transporting the cards in spaced relation to each other throughout the match-making pat-h. The body of each link is preferably an integral metal structure comprising two end port-ions 11 rigidly connected by spaced parallel barsL to wit, a central bar .12, two side bars 13, and

two bars 14 intermediate the central bar andV the respective side bars 13. The rear ot the Vcentral bar is connectedv midway between its Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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ing plates can be hingedly jointed, and also with rack-teeth 18 which are designed to mesh with the usual gear wheels that transmit motion tothe carrier.

Secured to the forward or outer faces of the bars are U-shaped spring clamps 19, the limbs ot which straddle such bars and bear yieldingly against the adjacent sides of the central bar 12 and the respective side bars 13 in sucha manner that the edge of the match cardstock can be readily inserted between the clamps and the opposing inner wall of a bar 12 or 13. In the present instance two spring clamps are mounted on each bar 14, the limbs of which clamps and the opposing walls of the bars 12, 13 have coinciding semi-circular recesses 20, 21 respectively, which provide openings for the passage of the usual reciprocating punches by means ot which the completed match cards are ejected from the carrier.

The outer faces of the side bars 13 of each plate are provided with a series of spaced convex lugs 22, which are so formed and disposed that when the plates are hinged together, the lugs of one plate bear against those of the adjoining plate and thus aii'ord between the adjacent side bars of the plates a vrocking support which braces and rein forces the bars while the leading edge of the match-card stock is being entered in the clamps, thus preserving the parallelism of the side bars notwithstanding the absence of the median supporting connection at 16, and also permitting the flexing of the carrier as it progresses about the usual guide wheels of the match machine.

Preparatory to the operation of the machine the unobstructed clamping space between the side bars 13 andthe intermediate bars permits the irregular end ot a roll of stock to be pushed entirely through such space and then pulled sulliciently rearward of the plate to position the stock in accurate register with the transverse card cutting knife which is attached to the usual splint punching head. Thus the bad end of the stock can be initially cut olf and then manually pulled through and out of the plate. This being done the trued end ot the paper when the machine is started is advanced to and inserted in the carrier by the usual rolls, and the match card is severed from the stock, such stock being intermittently ad vanced to each succeeding clamping space of the carrier and subjected to the action of the splint punching and card cutting devices in the usual manner.

We claiml. A match-card vcarrier embodying hingedly-connected link members, whereof each member comprises toothed end portions having joint connections, spaced apart side bars` connecting such portions, spring clamps arranged to bear against the inner faces of said bars, and rocker-lugs on the outer faces of the bars, said lugs being so disposed that those of adjoiningrlink mem- Y bers contact with each other.

2. A match-card. carrier embodying hingedly-connected link members, whereof each member comprises toothed end portions, a central bar, two side bars and two bars intermediate the central bar and the respective side bars, all said bars being in spaced parallel relation to each other and connecting said end portions, said central bar having angular extensions connecting the said intermediate bars, and U-shaped spring clamps fastened to and straddling intermediate bars.' l

3. A match-card carrier embodying hingedly-connected link members7 whereof each member comprises toothed end portions, a central "bar, two side bars and two bars intermediate the central bar and the respective side bars, all said bars being in spaced parallel relation to each lother and connecting said end portions, said central bar having angular extensions connecting the said intermediate bars, rocker-lugs on the outer faces of the-side bars so disposed that the lugs of adjoining link members contact with each other, and U-shaped spring clamps fastened to and straddling intermediate bars.

VSigned at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this l'ith day of April, A. D. 1921.Y

nicos PQWRIGHTQ CHARLES WRIGHT. 

